By Antony Crockett, Mark Smyth, Timothy Stutt, Jacqueline Wootton, Barry Wang, Rukaiyah Abdullah and Jane Wang On 22 August 2022, the Australian Government released an issues paper on the effectiveness of the first three years of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 for public consultation. Read more

We have updated our Operational Resilience timeline to include key recent developments from the UK, EU, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and international standard setting bodies.  Operational resilience is the ability to 'prevent, adapt, respond to, recover and learn from operational disruptions'. Read more

We previously discussed the Ukraine-related sanctions measures in Australia on February 23, February 25, March 1, March 15, March 18 and March 25. This update covers developments to Australia’s sanctions laws throughout April and May 2022 including: Read more

This post provides an update regarding recent Ukraine-related sanctions measures in Australia. On 24 February 2022, the Australian Government introduced a number of amendments to the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 (Cth). Read more

Welcome to the Winter 2021 edition of our corporate crime update – our round up of developments in relation to corruption, money laundering, fraud, sanctions and related matters. Our update now covers a number of jurisdictions. Read more

We are excited to launch the 2021 edition of our Global Bank Review on ESG: Creating a purposeful future. Read more

Welcome to the Summer 2021 edition of our corporate crime update – our round up of developments in relation to corruption, money laundering, fraud, sanctions and related matters. Our update now covers a number of jurisdictions. Read more

The Australian Government has announced plans to implement a targeted, Magnitsky-style sanctions regime by the end of 2021. Read more